i saw a thing today

the daily taryn — sept 26, 2023

I come here, to my medium screen, to tell you about something I saw on my little screen.

I was doing my scrolling and swiping and clicking around town when I found myself doing the wildly-mindless activity of closing and reopening Instagram — over and over and over again.

Until I was so fkn bored that I just overstayed my welcome on the stupid app.

That’s when I saw something.

It was small. And good for them. And didn’t impact me in the slightest. Like, couldn’t be less related to me.

But.

I felt sad.

Immediately, I just got a smidge sad. Not like WOAH sad omg Cam come hug me.

But like, enough to think, “hm. that made me sad.”

And I came here to tell you, not to ask you to cheer me up — I’m not that sad lol — but because of the next thought it created.

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I thought,

Social media is a dark, dark hole. Every study in the world shows it’s making us sadder. So, I know I’m not the only one randomly swiping around town and getting moody over things that don’t impact me in the slightest.

We’re probably all feeling it.

And. I bet leading with that little tidbit of knowledge — assuming I’m not the only one gettin’ sad over random shit on a dumb app every day — I bet I have an extra bit of nice to pass out to whoever I interact with in a day. Even 1% nicer could mean 1% sadder.

So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ That’s it. That’s the whole thing.

Next time you’re swiping (which was probably 3 seconds ago and will be 3 seconds from now), try to remember that we’re all in our own little heads, getting sad over random shit.

1% nicer. It’ll go a long way.

Aaaaand this is where I leave you. If you read and liked, please tell me somehow — comment, share, whatever. Means the world to hear back from you all!

Talk soon.

your friend,

taryn